Charles I. Sparks | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's6th district | |
| In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Hays B. White |
| Succeeded by | Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy |
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| Born | (1872-12-20)December 20, 1872 |
| Died | April 30, 1937(1937-04-30) (aged 64) |
| Political party | Republican |
Charles Isaac Sparks (December 20, 1872 – April 30, 1937) was aU.S. Representative fromKansas.
Born on a farm near Ontario, inJackson Township, Iowa, Sparks was educated in the rural schools and Simpson College,Indianola, Iowa. He was graduated from thelaw department of theState University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1896. He wasadmitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice inBoone, Iowa. He served as prosecuting attorney of Boone County 1899-1902. He served as chairman of the Republican county committee in 1898. He moved toGoodland, Kansas, in 1907 and continued the practice of law. He served as city attorney and was a member of the Goodland School Board. He served as judge of the thirty-fourth judicial district of Kansas 1915-1929.
Sparks was elected as aRepublican to theSeventy-first andSeventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933). He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings againstHarold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to theSeventy-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law inGoodland, Kansas, until his death there on April 30, 1937.[1] He was interred in the Goodland Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromKansas's 6th congressional district 1929–1933 | Succeeded by |
